You know what they say about classic novels? They are the books that everybody has on their book shelf at home, but nobody reads them.☺ This post has a couple of apologies.
FIRST APOLOGY: I apologize to Victor Hugo. I have never read any of his novels. But I do know that they must have been really really good, because a few of Hugo's novels were adapted to film. As an adult I've watched a few of those movies. But as a child I only remember one film based on Victor Hugo's iconic 1831 novel: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", released in 1939.
WOW! What a movie! Loved that scene where Quasimodo, the hunchback (Charles Laughton), lifts the gypsy girl Esmeralda (Maureen O’Hara) into the air and shouts “Sanctuary! Sanctuary!!” Made quite an impression on my young mind. ☺
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) | | Ffilms.org.” N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2017.
SECOND APOLOGY: I have to apologize to those who decided on a remake of this classic which was released in 1997. When this movie was first released I did not watch it because I thought it would not measure up to the 1939 movie I had watched as a child. But one night I was looking for something to watch on YouTube and found it. I was so wrong! This remake is actually quite good. Salma Hayek stars as Esmeralda, the gypsy woman. Mandy Patinkin is Quasimodo; and Richard Harris is Dom Claude Frollo. The supporting actors were excellent; and the scenery was awesome!
Fun Fact:
The filming locations were Budapest, Hungary; Prague, Czech Republic; and Rouen, France.
I give this 1997 film 4.5 our of 5 stars. Watch it on YouTube.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997)
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